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[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I can for sure smell them but only close up, not from feet away so I’m not sure what that means for me in terms of this gene. They have a very odd musty smell which is also detectable on anything they’ve walked on recently. It’s not a very pleasant odor.

As far as I know it’s all ants, not just a particular type.

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

You can smell them feet away if it's a pile of dead ones

[-] inefficient_electron@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

You’re probably smelling the pheromone trails they use for navigation/communication.

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